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Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen) is a state-supported university. It is located on the Neckar river, in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1477 by Count Eberhard VI (Eberhard in the Beard, 1445 - 1496), later the first duke of Württemberg, a civic and ecclesiastic reformer who established the school after becoming absorbed in the Renaissance revival of learning during his travels to Italy. Its present name was conferred on it in 1769 by Duke Karl Eugen who appended his first name to that of the founder (Karls = genitive of Karl).The university has a history of innovative thought, particularly in theology, in which the university and the Tübinger Stift are famous till today. Philipp Melanchthon ( 1497 - 1560), the prime mover in building the German school system and a chief figure in the Protestant ReformationThe Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and An, helped establish its direction. Among Tübingen's eminent students have been astronomer Johannes KeplerThis article is about Johannes Kepler the astronomer. For the planned planet-finding space telescope, see Kepler Space Mission. Johannes Kepler ( December 27, 1571 November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a German astronomer, mat, poet Friedrich HölderlinJohann Christian Friedrich Holderlin ( March 20, 1770 June 6, 1843) was a major German lyric poet. His work bridges the Classical and Romantic schools. Life Holderlin was born in Lauffen am Neckar in the kingdom of Wurttemberg. He studied Theology at the, and philosophers Friedrich Schelling and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ( August 27, 1770 November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher born in Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, in present-day southwest Germany. He received his education at the Tubinger Stift (seminary of the Protestant Church in Wurttemberg. "The Tübingen Three" refers to Hölderlin, Hegel and Schelling. The university rose to the height of its prominence in the middle of the 19th centuryAlternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical ( 18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801- 1900. Events The Little Ice Age ended with the teachings of poet and civic leader Ludwig UhlandJohann Ludwig Uhland ( April 26, 1787 November 13, 1862), was a German poet. He was born at Tubingen, and studied jurisprudence at the university there, but also took an interest in medieval literature. Having graduated as a doctor of laws in 1810, he wen and the Protestant theologian Ferdinand Christian BaurFerdinand Christian Baur ( June 21, 1792 1860), was a German theologian and leader of the Tubingen school of theology. He was born at Schmiden, near Canstatt. After training at the theological seminary of Blaubeuren, he went in 1809 to the University of T, whose beliefs and disciples became known as the "Tübingen School" which initiated historical analysis of Biblical texts, an approach also generally referred to as the Higher criticism. The University of Tübingen also was the first German university to establish a faculty of natural sciences, in 1863. DNA was discovered in 1868 at the University of Tübingen by Friedrich Miescher. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, the first female Nobel Prize winner in medicine in Germany, also works in Tübingen.
In the 20th century, Tübingen became dominated first by Marxist-Leninist philosophy and then by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime until the beginning of the Allied occupation in 1945. In 1970 the university was restructured into a series of independent departments of study and research after the manner of French universities.
Currently, about 22,000 students are enrolled, roughly one fourth of the total population of the city. The 17 hospitals in Tübingen affiliated with the university's faculty of medicine have 1,500 patient beds, and yearly cater to 66,000 in-patients and 200,000 out-patients.
Tübingen is one of four major university towns in Germany; the other three are Marburg, Göttingen, and Heidelberg.
